Alderwood
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 12,596
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 43.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.9% (estimated) · 2016: 27.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.2%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.7%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 30.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.1%2016: 16.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.8%2011: 28.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.5%2011: 21.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 11.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.7%2016: 23.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.6%2011: 12.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.5%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.6%2016: 26.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.3%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%39.6%2016: 28.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90%2016: 90.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.3%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.6%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%59.6%2016: 61.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%39.5%2016: 37.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77%2016: 79.4% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.1%2016: 20.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%60.6%2016: 61.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%11.6%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.4%2016: 7.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.3%2016: 12% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%7.9%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%54.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%7.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%78.4%2016: 73.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%12.2%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.9%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021